tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post226513500534938825..comments2024-03-29T09:18:22.495+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: Senate Estimates - Community Affairs - November 20 2013 - Live Blog.Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-1246980016295057122013-11-22T10:59:47.181+11:002013-11-22T10:59:47.181+11:00There will be protests in Canberra if they try and...There will be protests in Canberra if they try and make this mandatory for everyone....I.e. opt out. <br /><br />What a disaster the Fukushima of eHealth (PcEHR) is. just a smaller $1b version of the nbn fiasco.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-63920133033402095542013-11-21T22:39:05.499+11:002013-11-21T22:39:05.499+11:00How could it be made opt out? From now on all info...How could it be made opt out? From now on all information for everyone is posted to their pcehr, and if you don't like that then let us know and we will switch your record off? Everything gets posted, and anyone and everyone can see it. Your termination, your mental breakdown, your std diagnosis and your deepest darkest secrets. If you live in a country town, then your biggest benefit fromAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-62945109662916701562013-11-21T21:41:10.596+11:002013-11-21T21:41:10.596+11:00Ms Halton must have some pretty horrific photograp...Ms Halton must have some pretty horrific photographs of some very important people to remain unaccountable for her incompetence for so very long!<br /><br />Mr Fleming on the other hand personifies reality imitating art as the embodiment of Zoo lander.<br /><br />If this is accountability of our Bureaucracies and their Quango clingons in-action, how on earth do we characterise our broader Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-10788806046881649802013-11-21T21:01:09.196+11:002013-11-21T21:01:09.196+11:00At inception, the then minister, Roxon, said opt-o...At inception, the then minister, Roxon, said opt-out was not an option for consideration by the government. As a result, the system has not been designed, nor does it have the capacity to cope with being opt-out.<br /><br />Given it is almost a dead man walking as opt-in, opt-opt would definitely be the final death knoll. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-55571392261725187932013-11-21T16:25:44.004+11:002013-11-21T16:25:44.004+11:00I think making the PCEHR opt-out is a great idea. ...I think making the PCEHR opt-out is a great idea. It will mobilise exactly the same forces that took on the Human Service Access Card and for the same reasons - nobody thinks the (claimed, if unsubstantiated) benefits are worth the cost.<br /><br />And the PCEHR will go down in flames in exactly the same way.<br /><br />Bring it on, ASAP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-21166196146034508552013-11-21T15:26:08.939+11:002013-11-21T15:26:08.939+11:00Opt-in OR Opt-out?
Let's face the facts - if ...Opt-in OR Opt-out?<br /><br />Let's face the facts - if the system does not meet the needs of clinicians and consumers it will not make a jot of difference whether it is opt-in or opt-out.<br /><br />Further, reflect upon the introduction of internet banking and airline booking and luggage check--in. <br /><br />Both industries experienced massive uptake of their systems which were OPT-IN. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-35065454079879393162013-11-21T14:29:57.581+11:002013-11-21T14:29:57.581+11:00Those doing the review should ask themselves this ...Those doing the review should ask themselves this question:<br /><br />"Do those people who claim the PCEHR is a success have a vested interest in it being perceived a success?"<br /><br />Where the answer is yes, those views should be discounted, if not totally ignored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-30879305336725802422013-11-21T14:26:04.598+11:002013-11-21T14:26:04.598+11:00VHA will recommend 'opt-out' approach to P...VHA will recommend 'opt-out' approach to PCEHRs - see<br />Victorian Healthcare Association vha@vha.org.au<br /><br /><br />The VHA has been invited to submit a response to Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton's review of the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) platform. <br /><br />The VHA will argue that switching to an ‘opt-out’ approach will accelerate adoption Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-79528486018608187452013-11-21T12:42:44.802+11:002013-11-21T12:42:44.802+11:00I would summarize it like this David.
It is appro...I would summarize it like this David.<br /><br />It is appropriate that DOH is not involved in the PCEHR Review. However, the key question is has DOH had any influence on the review? – ie. Has DOH been involved in drafting the Terms of Reference?<br /><br />DOH is funding the review. This suggests DOH has an influence over the review hence the outcome is likely to be compromised by the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-64740688465635485192013-11-20T19:37:49.240+11:002013-11-20T19:37:49.240+11:00Some general observations -
"Standards"...Some general observations -<br /><br />"Standards" the bureaucrats reasoning for living...<br /><br />“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes nothing” Thomas Sowell...<br /><br />$1.5 Million a month for Accenture, WTF... Could have built it for that if all the money has gone to the development of standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com